Insurers to cover Covid tests aimed at easing travel

In June health insurance companies in the Czech Republic will cover the cost of two PCR tests for Covid-19 and four antigen tests for the virus, the minister of health, Petr Arenberger, said after a cabinet meeting on Monday.

The minister told reporters that during the summer holidays there would be a special system under which travellers would be able to get tested for free, adding that this needed to be discussed in greater detail by the government.

Mr. Arenberger also said that things would be made easier in future by a European “green certificate” that could be used during international travel; the Czech one should be available to download from June 1.